Republican Women Helped Chip Away Democratic House Majority
- GOP increases numbers of women and people of color in House
- Gains come in record year for female candidates for Congress
Elise Stefanik had a direct hand in recruiting some of the incoming Republican women through E-PAC.
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Democrats retook the House majority in 2018 in part by running a record number of female candidates. This year, Republicans took a page from that playbook to win back some seats.
The GOP sliced into the Democrats’ advantage in the House in the Nov. 3 election, powered by their own 2020 class of recruits that will add at least 15 women to their ranks when the next Congress is seated in January.